Key Documents in Cruz v. California

Students attending nine of California’s most disadvantaged schools lose days, weeks and months of critical classroom instruction through the course of their academic careers, according to a lawsuit filed in Alameda Superior Court on Thursday, May 29. Cruz v. State of California accuses the California Department of Education, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and State Board of Education of failing to address the factors that reduce actual learning time and slowly rob students of an equal education, despite knowing of their existence and impact on students. Click here to read our Cruz v. State of California fact sheet.